4.3.16
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.3.16
प्रत्ययाच् च
pratyayāc ca
The line
Because of a condition and.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 4. What is for the rite, and what is for the person. The line is short. sa (स) from 4.3.15 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: pratyayāt (प्रत्ययात्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pratyayāt (प्रत्ययात्) | ablative singular | a condition |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
pratyayāt (प्रत्ययात्) is a condition. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it pratyayāc (प्रत्ययाच्).
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
pratyayāt (प्रत्ययात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it pratyayāc (प्रत्ययाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pratyayāt (प्रत्ययात्).